Gate-hinge.



O. B. KEMPTON.

GATE HINGE.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 23, 1912.

1,072,957. Patente Spt. 9, 1913.

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Fh ihl OSMAN B. KEMPTON, OF LANDEE, VYOMING.

G-ATE-HINGE.

Specfication of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 9, 191 3.

Application filed. June 23, 1912. Seral No. 706,52?.

To all wlom it may concern Be it known that I, OSMAN B. KEMPTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lander, in the county of Fremont and State of WVyoming, have invented new and useful Improvements in Gate -Hinges, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved gate hinge which will operate to efl'ect a tilt of the gate as the latter is opened.

A still further obj ect of the invention is to provide a hinge for the gate which will be adjustable whereby the tilt of the gate can be determined at the will of the operator.

A still further Object of the invention is to provide a gate in which the hinge thereof will be simple of construction, inexpensive to manufacture and convenient for attachment to any standard form of gate.

In the drawing forming a portion of this application, and in which like letters of reference indicate Similar parts in the several tional View of the hinge element securedto thesupporting post.

'In order that one can regulate the tilt of the gate to suit any particular demand I provide a hinge such as the one shown in Fig. 1 which includes substantiallyidentically formed portions 33 and 34 of the hinge element 35 upon the hingepost 36 of the gate. The portions'33 and 34 have ralo eted inner ends 36 which are slidable over each other and provided with elongated horizontal registering slots 37. The said intermediate rabbeted portions are mounted in a horizontal recess 38 in the hinge post of the gate and through the post and through the slot`s 37 is passed a bolt 38 whose clamping nuts may be adjusted to retain adjustments of the portions 33 and 34 as will be understood.

In the modification of the invention illustrated in Fig. 2 it will be seen that the hinge element 39 of the supporting post of the gate frame is substantially ident-ical in construction with the element 35, being provided with relatively adjustable Sections 40 and il and a bolt 452 for holding the Sections in adjusted positions. Now it is evident from the construction last descrihed that the hinge pintles 43 of the element 39 can be ad- `justed laterally with relation to the upper hinge pintle of the gate. In other words the lower pintles can be adjusted with relation to the upper hinge of the gate wherehy any desired tilt of the gate can be obtained and in this manner the gate in operation will rise angularly sufficiently to cause its escape from large ohstructions that may lie in its path.

I Claim:-

1. In comhination with a swinging gate of plates adjustable horizontally upon the hinge post of the gate, a supporting post having plates provided with pintles adjustable toward and away from each other and operatively associated with the plates of the hinge post of the gate so as to furnish a fulcrum for the latter, and means hingedly connecting the upper end of the hinge post of the gate with said supporting post.

2. A hinge member comprising relatively acljustable Sections, hinge pintles carried by the sections and means by which the sections may be secured in adjustable position and secured to a support.

In testimony whereof I aiii:: my signature in presence of two witnesses.

OSMAN B. KEMPTON.

lNitnesses E. WV. Twnn, KATE ASAVAGE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissione' of Patents. Washington, D. C." 

